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Originally posted by Gastric ReFlux
I thought one of the points of Win Shares was to distribute the credit for the wins, and if you argue that Burrell and Bell having bigger seasons, you're going have to take in to account that the Phillies would then have more wins to distribute into shares.
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Right. If Burrell and Bell were having bigger seasons, Abreu would have exactly the same number of win shares and the Phillies would have more wins.
Edit: Talking about the Phillies, how bout Placido Polanco? I totally had him written off going into this year, and yet he's played 92 games and has 9 more walks than his previous career high during a full season. His OPS is .103 above his career too, and he was playing in much better hitting conditions in St Louis. By the end of the month he'll have career highs in walks, homeruns, stolen bases, RBI, and should either pass or be close to his career high in runs scored. He's having a better year than SORIANO ffs. And what's weird is, it's not a classic fluke - he's actually shown an improvement in power and walks while hitting right around his career average BA wise. And he's among the league leaders in defensive win shares at third base (beating Scott Rolen last time I checked despite fewer games).
Jason